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What is Threshold Skill

Chapter 11
Handbook of Research on Humanizing the Distance Learning Experience
Building on Meyer and Land's (2005 AU254: Anchored Object 141 ) definition of a threshold concept, a threshold skill can be viewed as a fundamental skill that is central to a person's competency in a particular field of professional expertise. The achievement of a threshold skill may transform the way a person's skills-base develops.
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Reversing the Tyranny of Distance Education: Using Research About Threshold Concepts in Online Teaching to Humanize Online Course Design
Maria Northcote (Avondale College of Higher Education, Australia), Kevin P. Gosselin (Texas A&M University Health Science Center, USA), Daniel Reynaud (Avondale College of Higher Education, Australia), Peter Kilgour (Avondale College of Higher Education, Australia), Malcolm Anderson (Avondale College of Higher Education, Australia), and Chris Boddey (Avondale College of Higher Education, Australia)
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0968-4.ch011
Abstract
In today's higher education environment, online education has become a rich and nuanced medium characterized by a dynamic and progressive use of technology. These technological advancements require research-informed guidelines and practices to facilitate understanding of how they can be used to foster positive outcomes in distance education contexts. By employing a mixed-methods multiphase design case study at Avondale College of Higher Education, the authors examine the challenges, self-confidence and threshold concepts, or transformative, conceptual understandings that academic faculty staff experience while engaging in distance education course design. The authors examine how these threshold concepts, attitudes and skills can be used to inform the design of professional development programs for academic staff who teach in online contexts. The results and associated recommendations of the six-year investigation are presented to inform professional development programs that aim to improve the quality of online teaching, course design and learning experiences of students.
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